The East African Country, Rwanda, marks the 25th Anniversary of Rwanda Genocide. Sunday, April, 7 commemorated the massacre of 800,000 Rwandan, Tutsi people. In the wake of the national tragedy, President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, lit a flame of remembrance…
Sweden offers employees time-off for entrepreneurial ambitions
Full-time employees in Sweden are entitled to a six month-off leave owing to a personal start-up. This is referred to as tjänstledighet, which can be translated as unpaid sabbatical in the English Language. For the past 20 years, The Right…
Importance of an untranslatable Finnish word to perceive positive way of life
The Finnish word, sisu inherently determines the spirit and the Finnish way of life. The term was first cited by the New York Times in 1940, with reference to World War II. The article spoke at length about the sisu…
Computer Model to predict early symptoms of Sepsis
Scientists in the UK have developed a computer-model to identify early signs of sepsis. The disease has been proven to be life-threatening. Most commonly, sepsis occurs due to an infection in any body part. As a reaction, the human body…
HarperCollins profits skyrocket after deal with Amazon
In a recent development, the Publisher HarperCollins UK has struck gold by selling JRR Tolkien’s TV show rights to Amazon. The publishing house owned the rights to Tolkien’s popular fictional series, Lord of the Rings in 1990 from Allen &…
Cuba curbs on newspaper sizes due to paper shortage
Paucity of newsprint impels the Cuban government to a considerable rollback on state run newspapers. A substantial scarcity has forced Cuba to cut down on the circulation and edition sizes of major newspapers. The government announced that it is reducing…
A Non-profit Academy to work on the Elixir for Life
A team of 16 researchers from Harvard, MIT and other academic institutions around U.S. and Europe have formed a non-profit academy for study on Longevity and Health. The Elixir for life has of late been the talk of every scientific,…
Feast for Feline Fans
Bob Meijer has founded Amsterdam’s KattenKabinet (Cat Cabinet). The museum exhibits decennial depictions of cats in the field of Art. Bob Meijer, an aesthete owned a pet cat as a student and runs the KattenKabinet in the fond memory of…
An attempt by Students & University Professors to knock down addiction to video games
Although various studies have found commonalities between addiction of playing video games and other addictive behaviors, there hasn’t been any effort put in to find out the exact origin of compulsive gaming behavior. An increasing trend in computer gaming among…
